Acute hydrocephalus after iotrolan lumbar myelography.
A 33-year-old woman with cryoglobulinaemia developed acute hydrocephalus 20 h after lumbar myelography using the water-soluble contrast medium iotrolan. After a ventricular drainage, she was free of symptoms and the hydrocephalus resolved. The development of acute hydrocephalus after myelography has not been reported previously.
Tseng
S H
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Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tseng
W S
WS
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009192:Myelography / Q000009:adverse effects; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids / Q000009:adverse effects*
D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C033300:iotrolan